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Now, tussle over mobile language

Statesman News Service
DARJEELING, Sept. 29:

The All Gorkha Students Union (AGSU) has demanded the change of  
operative language of mobile services in the Nepali speaking belt of  
Siliguri, Dooars, Kurseong, Kalimpong, Darjeeling and Sikkim from  
Bengali to Nepali for the convenience of the public.

The AGSU, an apolitical body, has been involved in resolving Hill  
related problems since 1994. It was affiliated to the GJMM for some  
months but disassociated soon. At present it functions independently.

“Majority of the Hill people are deprived of using mobile services to  
its fullest extent because the service instructions are issued only in  
Bengali, Hindi and English of which we have little knowledge,” said  
AGSU general secretary Mr Hemant Rai today.

Along with waiving the processing charge from mobile top-up cards, the  
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), in its new set of  
directives has stressed the use of local language, as operators would  
venture into semi-urban and rural areas.

“To make services more customer friendly, the Trai directed telecom  
companies to issue tariff related instruction in the regional  
language. Since Nepali is recognised under the VIIIth Schedule of the  
Constitution, the language should be implemented instead of Bengali in  
these areas,” Mr Rai said.

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